Implementing SR-IOV on HP ProLiant Servers with VMware vSphere 5.1

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6. Create a new VM, and then add a PCI device to it.

Each PCI Device for the VM will be associated with a unique VF. If additional VFs are desired on a VM, then add PCI

Devices as required, see Figure 6.

Figure 6: Create PCI Device for VM

After selecting add a PCI device, the available VFs will be displayed for selection, see Figure 7.

Figure 7: Select VF to Attach

7. Now that the VM configuration is complete, install a supported Guest OS.

8. Following the Guest OS installation, attach the SPP ISO image to the VM. Install the VF device driver by starting HP SUM

and running through the installer update procedure. For additional information on HP Smart Update Manager and the

SPP, see to

hp.com/go/spp.